"You're saying he's not from the Warlock Nation?" Chen Cheng found it a little unbelievable. "Then where is he from?"
"Where else could he be from?" Li Chenggong muttered, "He's from Fortress 178."
Chen Cheng looked very interested. "I've never been to Fortress 178 before. Hurry up and tell me what's going on."
As such, Li Chenggong explained how the two of them had discovered Ren Xiaosu's whereabouts and how Mego had used the Earth Binding Technique to control Ren Xiaosu. Chen Cheng was surprised. "So he was brought to the Warlock Nation as a captive by Lord Mego? But why doesn't he look like a captive to me? And he's not particularly polite to Lord Mego either."
Logically speaking, since Ren Xiaosu was a captive, his status should be very low. So why was he acting like he was the master of the house now?!
Li Chenggong and Liu Ting thought back carefully for a long time before saying with a sigh, "Actually, we haven't figured out what went wrong either."
To be honest, they really did not know what went wrong. Now that Ren Xiaosu was in their group, he really had the final say. Even the warlock, Mego, would subconsciously listen to Ren Xiaosu's opinions.
Chen Cheng secretly took note of these things. He felt this should be considered very important information.
However, a visitor from the Central Plains was very interested in the organization's Legacy Language.
This young man named Ren Xiaosu might be very important to the organization.
"By the way, what hobbies does Ren Xiaosu usually have?" Chen Cheng asked with a smile.
Liu Ting said expressionlessly, "His hobbies are bullying the good!"
Chen Cheng's heart tightened. Their organization did not like such people at all. "Tell me more specifically, how did he bully the good? Who did he bully? "
Liu Ting pointed at Li Chenggong, then at himself. "He mainly bullies the two of us."
The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth twitched. "That's quite interesting …."
Just as he was about to ask more questions, Ren Xiaosu's voice came from behind Chen Cheng. "What are you guys talking about? You look so happy."
Chen Cheng turned around and saw that Ren Xiaosu was smiling at him. There was nothing wrong with that smile, but a layer of cold sweat appeared on Chen Cheng's back again. "Ahem, there's nothing much to talk about. I'll go back first."
Back in the carriage, the middle-aged woman was cleaning her crossbow and doing some maintenance. "What's wrong? Why do you look so flustered?"
Chen Cheng said in a low voice, "Aunt, that Ren Xiaosu came from the Central Plains, and he was captured by Meg."
The middle-aged woman was taken aback. "From the Central Plains?"
"Yes, does our organization have anything to do with Middle Earth?" Chen Cheng asked.
"I know more about that," the middle-aged woman said with a frown.
The little witch's interest was also piqued. "Father once mentioned the Central Plains to me. What is our relationship with the Central Plains?"
"I can't tell you anything else for now, but I can let you know that the founder of our organization came from the Central Plains," the middle-aged woman said.
…
The merchant group continued traveling for two more days without encountering any bandits. On the third night, Qian Weining quietly visited Meg while everyone was asleep.
The vice president of the Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce looked at Meg and said seriously, "Honorable Lord Meg, we're going into the mountains tomorrow. You must tell me who your enemies are and why they're after you."
Ren Xiaosu listened at the side and thought to himself, 'This Qian Weining's judgment is indeed accurate.'
Meg looked at Qian Weining and asked, "How do you know that these people are after me?"
"Because other than you, there's no one else in this merchant group that's worth them mobilizing so many people." Qian Weining said softly, "The goods might be valuable, but it's not worth it for them to risk their brand-new arrows and longbows. It's also not worth it for them to make a move so close to a town in Yorkshire."
"Then why don't you get the merchant group to turn around and return to Yorkshire?" Meg asked curiously. "That would actually be the safest."
Qian Weining lowered his voice and said, "Of course I have my reasons for going. Right now, I just want to know what kind of enemies you're going to face, Lord Meg, so that I can better judge how to deal with them."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu laughed and said, "I think you're mistaken. Lord Meg doesn't have any enemies, and these bandits aren't after us. Who knows, maybe they're after you?"
This stunned Qian Weining, who did not immediately refute Ren Xiaosu's words.
Ren Xiaosu was trying to swindle Qian Weining, but he did not expect to get something out of it.
After Ren Xiaosu sent Qian Weining away with a few words, he suddenly said to Meg, "Why do you think Qian Weining has to go to Ghent City?"
"I don't know." Meg shook his head. "Maybe it's to earn money? I know that his pay as the vice chairman isn't fixed. It's based on each trip he makes. If he doesn't make a trip, he'll earn less money. If there's any damage to the goods, the Chamber of Commerce will also deduct the money. "
"It's definitely not that simple." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "This person is very smart. He wouldn't be unable to differentiate between money and life. Now that it's obvious that the road is filled with danger, and he might even lose his life, he must have something more important than his life to go to Ghent City. "
Actually, Ren Xiaosu was already a little curious on the first night. Qian Weining had clearly noticed the strangeness of the bandits, but he did not lead the merchant group back.
Under normal circumstances, merchants mainly focused on earning money. As the saying went, "Harmony breeds wealth." Which merchant would be so bored as to bring their goods and fight to the death with others?
However, Qian Weining did not turn back. Instead, he decided to hide the matter of the bandits and continue forward!
Meg looked at Ren Xiaosu. "Then what should we do? Is this good news or bad news?"
"Let me analyze it for you." Ren Xiaosu said, "The Dudor family wants you dead so that their precious heir won't have to face rumors after he gets married, right?"
"Mhm, yes," Meg said.
"Qian Weining has other motives for going to Ghent City. There are also people who want him dead. You should be able to tell, right?" Ren Xiaosu said.
"Mhm, yes," Meg said.
"Right now, I don't have enough information to determine whether the bandits who came on the first night wanted to kill you or him," Ren Xiaosu said. "But no matter who they wanted to kill, they would have to kill the entire merchant group in the end. This is a rather simple addition and subtraction. Now, whether it's you or Qian Weining, the number of enemies you're facing has doubled. Are you surprised?" Ren Xiaosu said.
Meg looked at Ren Xiaosu eagerly again. "Then let's run?"
Ren Xiaosu patted Meg's shoulder. "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"
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